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"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
"An atmosphere of adolescence, a lack of gravitas, a carelessness, even a recklessness, perhaps born of things having gone a bit too easily so far."
"There ought to be limits to freedom."
"If George is elected President, it would destroy my faith in the office because he is such an ordinary guy."
"Sitting down and reading a 500 page book on public policy or philosophy or something."
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that are not very transparent, that hide behind the—that don't let people in to take a look and see what they're up to. They're very kind of authoritarian regimes. The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans.
I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.
I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our attention and energy on teaching children to read and having an education system that's responsive to the child and to the parents, as opposed to mired in a system that refuses to change, will make America what we want it to be—a literate country and a hopefuller country.
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
I don't want nations feeling like that they can bully ourselves and our allies. I want to have a ballistic defense system so that we can make the world more peaceful, and at the same time I want to reduce our own nuclear capacities to the level commiserate with keeping the peace.
As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.
The fundamental question is, 'Will I be a successful president when it comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm the president, it's going to be hard for me to verify that I think I'll be more effective.
I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.
We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House—make no mistake about it.
There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me.
A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses—Hispanically owned or otherwise—pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
"I don't think witchcraft is a religion. I would hope that the army takes a second look at their position on this."
"Education is not my top priority."
(And the crowd went wild. He reiterated the statement when the cheering died but left out 'not'. Freudian slip perhaps?)
An equal society begins with an equally excellent schools.
Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.
"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."
There's an old saying in Tennessee--I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee--that says, fool me once, shame on--shame on you. Fool me--you can't get fooled again.
I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.
They misunderestimated me.
The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.
Quote from Bush Budget Director Mitch Daniels, Jr. at the Office of Management and Budget Conference Board meeting, Oct. 16, 2001. Daniels is speaking of the President.
He had always listed, throughout his campaign and since, the reasons why the nation might depart from this policy, reasons he had given as acceptable for running fiscal deficits: for war, recession, or emergency. As he said to me in mid-September, "Lucky me. I hit the trifecta."
Rarely is the question asked: "Is our children learning?"
"Actually, I -- this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about -- when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."
"The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no more war!"
When asked what he (Bush) would say to the people of Iraq..."I'd say you're free and freedom is beautiful, but it will take time to restore chaos".
I have determined that humans and fish can coexist peacefully.
The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice.
bring it ON!!!
"The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing."
"I know what I believe. I will continue to ARTICULATE what I believe --and what I believe -- I believe that what I believe is right."
"We don't know. We'll all be dead." --George W. Bush, when asked how history will judge the Iraq war.
NEWSWEEK reports that George W. Bush, appearing before a right-to-life rally in Tampa, Florida on June 17, stated: "We must always remember that all human beings begin life as a feces. A feces is a living being in the eyes of God, who has endowed that feces with all of the rights and God-given blessings of any other human being." Bush repeated his error at least a dozen times, before realizing that he had used the word 'feces" when he meant to say "fetus.
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Comments: False. President Bush has been known to commit verbal gaffes on occasion, but nothing on the order of mistaking the word "feces" for "fetus" a dozen times in a row in a single speech. I'm not sure it's even humanly possible. As it happens, Bush was in Tampa, Florida on June 16, 2004, the day before this event supposedly took place, but according to the White House press log he gave no speeches in Tampa on June 17. No such news item appeared in Newsweek, nor any other venue, for that matter. It is clearly a joke.
When asked by a reporter if he thought he made any mistakes in the Iraq war, he replied, roughly: "I'm confident I've made some mistakes . . . (fumbles, fidgets) . . . but I can't think of any right now."
At a bill signing ceremony in the White House on August 5, George Bush pulled off his latest verbal gaffe. Captured on film and shown worldwide, as well as on Jay Leno, Bush remarked with his patented smirk, : "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
I must have my head up my ass!
When asked how he wanted history to remember him, Bush said: "How about this -- America used her enormous influence to spread freedom at home and abroad." Hell, I thought we were supposed to already have freedom at home. Ain't America the "land of the free?"
you know being a single mother is hard. there are many single mothers out there working hard to provide for their kids and to put food ON THEIR FAMILY.
God loves a nibbler
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